Icelandic has to be in my top 3 hardest languages to pronounce, so thank you to Gunnlaugur Ólafsson and Ólafur Waage for your help is getting me as far as I could go.
@hellinahandbasket22 жыл бұрын
You did an impressive job!
@kth44802 жыл бұрын
You did well! Much better than you usually see from youtubers trying to pronounce Icelandic or Norse words.
@TheMovieCreator2 жыл бұрын
Interesting how they have uniqie names for a few of the things which you also find in Norway: Hardfiskkur = Tørrfisk Svið = Smalahove Brennivín = Akevitt
@wms15302 жыл бұрын
I am no expert; but the pronunciation sounded convincing to me.
@TheEaterofPumpkins2 жыл бұрын
You must have worked hard cause you did a great job!
@rkodins2 жыл бұрын
Oh yay! Two seconds in and I see my hometown! Fun fact, the volcano in those couple seconds is too cold to bake bread. The one a hundred meters left of it is the hot one, I made bread in that one a lot with my friends as a kid. Your research is extremely thorough though, I learned stuff I didn't know like the origin of Þorrablót!
@neptunus50842 жыл бұрын
næss
@eileenhaskins27102 жыл бұрын
I'd have loved doing that as a kid.
@viperfan72 жыл бұрын
So would you say that the cold volcano is the re-heating volcano
@whiterex662 жыл бұрын
Everyone else -"Oh my god they bake bread with volcanoes in Iceland!" People I'm Iceland -"pffft. Not THOSE volcanoes"
@SilverGears2 жыл бұрын
@@whiterex66 it's 6 am and you killed me
@Anesthesia0692 жыл бұрын
Another reason the dough doesn't turn into hard tack *tack tack* is because rye amylases will saccharify the starches in the flours at lower temperatures. At 100C, it will take a while to denature the enzymes, so the dough has more of a syrupy quality. That and the sealed steaming makes it soft.
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
And rye bread is best a few days after baking, unlike wheat bread which tends to be best when fresh.
@jaewol3592 жыл бұрын
Lol hard *tack tack*
@cousinjake79862 жыл бұрын
See, this is why are almost 37 I want to go back to school to learn molecular gastronomy. This is top shelf stuff a chef should know to take their food to the next level.
@adedow13332 жыл бұрын
What a happy thing! Yummy
@galyarecords80552 жыл бұрын
Didn't understand anything, but have found it very interesting.
@Tesana2 жыл бұрын
Love how almost every time Max mentions hard-tack he inserts a clip of his hitting two hard-tack biscuits together.
@carrmined2 жыл бұрын
It's become a meme at this point
@trianime2 жыл бұрын
Love the Hard Tack video cameo
@deanmedler10 ай бұрын
Never gets old 😂😂😂
@antonking87848 ай бұрын
Agreed 🤝
@ashleyhyatt63192 жыл бұрын
Here in Japan, specifically the nearby Kirishima region, we also use volcanic vents to cook food. We make chicken, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, mochi, etc. ; it's quite good;)
@dayaninikhaton2 жыл бұрын
And of course, onsen
@ashleyhyatt63192 жыл бұрын
@@dayaninikhaton Yes, the onsen throughout the prefecture are some of the best in Japan!
@plynwow2 жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing!
@JacksonDunnoKnows2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great and fun to do.
@ashleyhyatt63192 жыл бұрын
@@JacksonDunnoKnows It is great to eat. Doesn't even need any flavouring; the volcano provides that. Can't say whether or not it's fun because all you do is wrap it a bit, put it in, and DING it's done in no time.
@sarahkemp90802 жыл бұрын
Max! I'm so glad you noticed the bees! My great-grandpa was the commercial artist who designed that tin, for Lyle's Golden Syrup. The tins were made by a company called Metal Box in London. It always makes me smile to see his work still in use and appreciated and (mostly) unchanged. You're totally on the money about the backstory, too - I remember being shown the reference material a very long time ago. Oh, and as ever, great episode, both informative and entertaining, and now I have proof of your A+ research quality too ;)
@lisafranklin90892 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is so cool, thanks for sharing that!
@laurieb37032 жыл бұрын
How cool! 💞
@karenneill91092 жыл бұрын
Wonderful story!
@thegracklepeck2 жыл бұрын
That's so neat! I love that
@julichio62412 жыл бұрын
what a coincidence! really cool. 🙏❤️
@mistermanager2262 жыл бұрын
When I visited Iceland there was a nice little restaurant near the large cathedral in Reykjavik called Cafe Loki. They made rye bread ice cream that was out of these nine worlds
@MeAuntieNora2 жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued.
@princessstabity46402 жыл бұрын
I love Iceland! They're rye bread ice cream is amazing!
@timothywiener59772 жыл бұрын
Ate at that cafe years ago. I don't remember having the rye bread ice cream, but the Hakarl was amazing!!
@odysseus24142 жыл бұрын
Been there, loved it.
@JohnLeePettimoreIII2 жыл бұрын
Cafe Loki? I heard the food is great, but it's very chaotic.
@HalIucinations2 жыл бұрын
Seeing Max unable to say "liquid hot magma" without letting out a mild Dr Evil impression makes me smile
@fulgurdecaelo54222 жыл бұрын
I came here to say it XD
@LillyMunster852 жыл бұрын
It's the only way to say it.
@zacharyrollick6169 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't resist either.
@HiIeric1172 жыл бұрын
Hey! I remember Gordon Ramsay actually baking this in a volcano only to have some local Icelander steal it overnight! Must be some darn good stuff.
@tokeeriksen24252 жыл бұрын
It was probably the elves
@thestraydog2 жыл бұрын
@@tokeeriksen2425 The elves have gone too far this time!!
@Reddotzebra2 жыл бұрын
It's slow baked bread made with a large amount of sugar, of course it's good. The Finns have their own variant called Malax limpa.
@Scorpio7500 Жыл бұрын
Link?
@HiIeric117 Жыл бұрын
@@Scorpio7500 Little late but here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2WTh5h6bb6rn7c
@Bryndis19712 жыл бұрын
Hi Great job on baking and pronouncing these Icelandic words. I’m Icelandic born and raised. There are many different Recipes for Rúgbrauð, depending on where in Iceland you come from. Mine witch is over 100 years old has no brown sugar only syrup and not baking powder but baking soda. Also, I use buttermilk instead of milk and I bake my bread for 10 hours on 120 degrees. I just wanted to share that with you. Good luck 😉
@srvntlilly2 жыл бұрын
What would that be in Fahrenheit? If it's only 10 hours, I just might try it.
@Luna.3.3.32 жыл бұрын
Ohhh! I'd like that version, since I prefer savoury food. Is it the same recipe, just without the sugar and syrup/? (& bp instead of soda). Old recipes, like yours 100 yrs old I'd be SO interested in! I guess I can google it, but *_I'd love to see your recipe!_* 💕 Love dense, rye/dark European breads! 😋
@anival95762 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact that you probably know but others might not: you need the buttermilk if you use baking soda, because the acid in the buttermilk activates the soda. Baking powder is a modern engineered leavener that doesn't require acid in the recipe... This is a principal that can be used in any recipe (if you substitute soda for powder, also make sure you add some acid--and don't put in the same amount. Soda goes farther than powder!)
@alisonmadalinski7472 жыл бұрын
Would Maple Syrup work ?
@danielseelye60052 жыл бұрын
@@srvntlilly 120 Centigrade is around 250 Fahrenheit
@oliverb78972 жыл бұрын
I love how the moment he starts talking about baking bread for 24 hours gets my "hard tack" sense tingling
@murmaider22 жыл бұрын
*CLACK CLACK*
@emitaylor40942 жыл бұрын
I was ready for it 😁
@one-re2ub2 жыл бұрын
Pottymouth
@TheMeloettaful2 жыл бұрын
@Emi Taylor it never gets old lol 😁!
@jonesnori2 жыл бұрын
Me too! I was totally expecting the clip.
@scorpio76312 жыл бұрын
Max’s work time must be 50% research, 40% learning pronunciations and 10% cooking ‘cos it’s always a blast to hear foreign words pronounced in what I can only assume to be a proper pronunciation.
@gudmundur-heimisson5 ай бұрын
As an Icelander, he did an excellent job. I’ve encountered people who have studied Icelandic for many years with much worse pronunciations. It’s really very difficult for foreigners, so I’m impressed.
@stephinepasak67882 жыл бұрын
I love when you “hard tac” us it’s like being Rick Rolled 😂
@Tesana2 жыл бұрын
Tack-clacked.
@lisafranklin90892 жыл бұрын
That is hilarious 😂
@goukeban61972 жыл бұрын
222
@oluftheexplorer94762 жыл бұрын
*tack tack*
@Megadextrious2 жыл бұрын
I laugh every time 😆
@CalebCalixFernandez2 жыл бұрын
A fun fact about rye: many people who try to make rye bread for the first time complain that it's very difficult to make a dough with rye flour. The reason why is that rye's gluten, to use a more familiar term, comes from a protein called secalin. Secalin can only be formed in acidic conditions, and that why most rye breads are made from sourdough. Just to be clear, secalin is a gluten protein, so people affected by gluten must avoid it.
@a.noriega-gonzalez68012 жыл бұрын
I’m actually not happy that I did
@p.s.shnabel34092 жыл бұрын
Totally worth the effort, though. Rye bread (on a sourdough basis) is such an amazing taste experience. I'd encourage everbody to make their own. It's not at all difficult if you are willing to learn from experience. Tons of excellent videos for beginners, too! That's how I got into it, with no prior experience in baking bread.
@morrigankasa5702 жыл бұрын
My 2 favorite breads are Rye and Sourdough.
@Anesthesia0692 жыл бұрын
The acidic culture also stops the rye from digesting itself and preserves the pentosans which allow for the bubbles/rise.
@mercurywoodrose2 жыл бұрын
finally something really new that i now know. thank you so much. thats fascinating and amazing.
@garlandbest63222 жыл бұрын
Having watched Max "enjoy" both dried fish and hard tack, it's time for him to put both together, and make Newfoundland Fish and Brewis, and learn the history of the Newfoundland cod fishery, it's links to the slave trade, the British empire, and the wars fought between France and Britain over it.
@joyful_tanya2 жыл бұрын
Norwegian descent here and all I will say is lutefisk.
@nathancrewe9391 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if he's familiar with puritans hard bread biscuits?
@VictoriaStarratt Жыл бұрын
I wonder if he would has eaten Poutine?
@Ozuhananas6 ай бұрын
@@joyful_tanya Portuguese descent here and all I will say is bacalhau if he wants something nicer (lutefisk doesn't sound all that great from what I've read)
@donaldneill44192 жыл бұрын
As a Canuck who married into a Danish family, I've spent the past 30 years perfecting my rygbrod recipe. And the klipfisk looks great, though I imagine the dried salt cod would have been soaked and even cooked before eating. A recipe you might want to try is 'Fish and Brewis (with or without scrunchins)', an old standard from Newfoundland, where you begin by soaking dried salt fish overnight to rehydrate it and leach out some of the salt, before cooking it in milk along with - gasp - hard bread! (TACK TACK), and serving it with crispy diced fatback (the 'scrunchins'). If you want to go full Newfie, serve it with a side of lemony peas. Great video as always, keep'em coming!
@rockorc422 жыл бұрын
Heh, but no. We Icelanders eat Harðfisk just like that, dry and ready. Many like to butter it up, some skip that part. Actually the Harðfisk isn't the same from every producer here, some retain a little moisture and are easier to chew on, some do it the old way & leave them outside to dry, while others use high temp housing to speed up the process. And needless to say, the flavors & textures depend a bit on the source material, if you're using cod or something else. Personally, I rarely eat them, because I don't have full teeth and they tend to get badly stuck between my teeth, which is frustrating to deal with.
@robbinallan37672 жыл бұрын
I was coming here to make the same suggestion about Fish and Brewis. Strange coincidence, I'm a also a Newfoundlander. My mother was a Newfie and Dad is a Dane. The bread sounds a bit like Newfie Brown bread.
@leapingkitties2 жыл бұрын
Fish and Brewis is one delicious dish. I have only had it once, but I still think about it every now then.
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
Klippfisk is a lot saltier, as it's salted for about a month before drying.
@LovelyHick2 жыл бұрын
@@rockorc42 You guys take your time to beat the dried fish with a hammer to soften it? Almost my favourite part.
@JamesDavidWalley2 жыл бұрын
On behalf of those of us of Scottish ancestry, I would like to thank the people of Iceland for developing traditional foods that make haggis seem unobjectionable by comparison.
@julietsierra68182 жыл бұрын
🤣
@redbirddeerjazz2 жыл бұрын
Haggis is fucking delicious tho
@areallyhappyarcticfox12402 жыл бұрын
@@redbirddeerjazz whatch thy language
@siobhangraham72802 жыл бұрын
Haggis is delicious, just don't think about what you're eating!
@orribirgisson4212 жыл бұрын
I have always wanted to try haggis
@helgijonsson35372 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm Icelandic and a big fan of the channel. Thanks for spreading the delight of Rúgbrauð to everyone! There's a bunch more Icelandic foods that I think you might find palatable, for example kleinur (basically twisted donuts), flatkökur (dark brown flatbread) and hangikjöt (smoked lamb). Feel free to PM me if you need any translations or tips for more Icelandic food you want to try! By the way, when I make rúgbrauð I use súrmjólk (I guess it's similar to buttermilk in the US) instead of milk and I skip the brown sugar and use more syrup instead.
@darkcrystal86 Жыл бұрын
And skyr as well.
@jgkitarel Жыл бұрын
Being a native English speaker (American English at that), flatkökur's pronunciation would indicate what it is, even if the context is different. Flatkökur is pronounced like flat-caker with the 'a' being a soft 'a' sound (as in 'ah'). We would miss the context that it is a flatbread, but cake was originally used to reference kinds of soft breads.
@wandapease-gi8yo Жыл бұрын
Would this be from the Icelandic Cookbook I sent you? (Wanda)
@RevShifty9 ай бұрын
@@darkcrystal86 How do you use skyr with this? I actually have a skyr culture coming and have rye flour on hand, so I'm curious about this accidental discovery.
@petergray75762 жыл бұрын
The history of Rye cultivation is probably the weirdest in all of agriculture. Wheat was the earliest grain to be domesticated and cultivated by the peoples of northern Mesopotamia around 9000 years ago, and they also eventually domesticated barley about 2000 years after that. But there were other grain plants that were mixed in that were troublesome weeds, and these included Rye and Oats. Though Rye is originally from the Levant, it first appears in domestic cultivation 1800 BC, almost exclusively in Central Europe, most notably in the Northern Balkans in what is now Serbia and Romania. Rye grains are almost indistinguishable from Emmer wheat (an evolutionary mimicry called Vavilovian mimicry), meaning that any quantity of wheat grains also held rye unless farmers carefully culled the mature plants. Historians and biologists theorize that northern Balkan peoples at the time acquired wheat mixed with rye, and being noobs, discovered an edible weed that was quite tasty.
@borjesvensson86612 жыл бұрын
The prevalence of rye in northern europe is prettily easily explained thoug. Rye could handle the cold and wet "little ice age" much better than wheat but still could be used to make leavend bread. In areas like my native northern sweden that were to cold to grow anything other than barley. Or costal areas like scotland, the atlantic iles or costal norway that were to wet to grow any other grain than oat people had to rely on unlevend matza like flat bread or porridge untill the arival of imported wheat from poland or the cultivation of potatoes came.
@harrytheprince69512 жыл бұрын
I just recently read an article on the topic which argued that rye cultivation in central and northern Europe is partially responsible for their explosive population growth in the late middle ages. This is because scientific inventions which made tilling fields easier alongside rye which could handle the cold, wet weather north of the alps, made it easier to feed the masses. In antiquity, the urban centers in Gallia or Germania were dependent on grain - wheat - deliveries from all over the Roman Empire, which also explains the dispersed populations of the early middle ages. The history of food and its ingredients is a fascinating thing, it influenced entire continents.
@petergray75762 жыл бұрын
The Romans mixed rye with spelt, but despite this they had a poor regard for the grain due to its bitter taste. Pliny the Elder stated that rye was a "poor food" eaten when wheat was unaffordable or unobtainable, and pretty much trashed it.
@ElleAngelNight2 жыл бұрын
an Icelander here. just made Slátur (slaughter) which is also a traditional food for Þorrablót. its two types of basically sausage one made of sheepsblood and fat and the other made with liver and kidney. it is delicious. Rúgbrauð is eaten all year round and most often with fish. This video was great and you're welcome to visit us up north whenever, just be sure to bring a warm coat.
@arifshahabuddin88882 жыл бұрын
I was in Akureyri and Grimsey in November 2014. I found most Þorrablót food items to be palatable. I had puffin, minke and boiled sheepshead. Hakarl seemed more like pieces of rubber dunked in ammonia. It didn't taste too bad, but it's really just an excuse to drink more akavit. I enjoy both liver and kidney and I wish that it was more readily available here in the States. I was just wondering, shouldn't the dried fish have been soaked in water for several hours before eating it?
@toddshook176511 ай бұрын
I never get tired of the “Hardtack” punchline. The look on your face is great. Your sense of comic timing is on point. Is the bread anything like brown bread in a can?
@vysharra2 жыл бұрын
An advanced rice cooker (the kind that seals with a timer and temp settings) would be safe to use overnight to bake bread. I usually use mine to cook corn bread and have left it overnight with stews in it to great effect, so anyone thinking of doing a recreation of this dish might find it safer than an oven.
@splendidcolors Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I was wondering about that. I have a semi-advanced rice cooker with slow cooker settings and it occurred me it might be a good way to cook overnight and have bread in the morning.
@JawsOfHistory2 жыл бұрын
This is one of those things that has taken on a new life with tourism. Growing up, you only heard about this from elderly people thanking the heavens that they no longer have to do this on order to sustain themselves. And then with the post economic crash tourism boom. Making bread like a 17th century peasant became an expensive luxury item, sold for 8-12x what it was worth because people were so in love with the novelty idea of volcano bread that they paid through the nose for the privilege.
@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans76482 жыл бұрын
As telecommuting becomes more and more common and portable due to pandemic precautions, work-cations abroad also become more practical. It's really up to each land how friendly it wants to be to this.
@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans76482 жыл бұрын
Even peasants can cabbage on to good ideas if necessity forces them to live with it daily.
@MissCaraMint2 жыл бұрын
Hey. Turns out rye bread is healthy.
@edwardtan13542 жыл бұрын
@@hensonlaura depends if townsends is to go by peasant food tends to be calorie dense due to how "work" is considered done back in the day but the stereotype still kinda remains most people now eat like how kings did in the late 19th century or like the clergy in the 15th century NOW TIME TO GRATE THOSE 1 pound of NUTMEG IN ME CHEESECAKE
@victorialadybug12 жыл бұрын
Peasant food is often far more nutritious than the modern foods we eat now. Some people are starting to realize this. It's a good thing these foods are making a comeback, even if it's just for the "novelty".
@norabellerose85602 жыл бұрын
Without even realizing it he is pretty much one of the best online history teachers to ever post a video.
@papasmjordeig2 жыл бұрын
Very fun watching this being Icelandic. Gotta say, your pronounciation was pretty good for a lot of the Icelandic words and names. If you were to try harðfiskur again I personally would reccomend haddock instead of cod, a lot softer and a lot tastier in my opinion!
@Miraihi2 жыл бұрын
You can tell from other videos that Max always tries his best to pronounce every foreign word correctly. I find it very admirable :3
@jenjohnson29682 жыл бұрын
The harðfiskur is much easier to eat if you throughly pound it first. Or buy one of the snack-fish brands that is pre-pounded. And then you still cover it with copious amounts of fermented, salted butter. Extra points for using smoked salt when you make the butter. It is an amazing low carb snack if eaten that way, and much easier on your teeth than the non-pounded version.
@ZipplyZane2 жыл бұрын
I wondered if there was something you needed to do to it.
@brookeg59792 жыл бұрын
I feel like in American cooking I've seen it used 'reconstituted' more than eaten as is, where it's soaked in hot water to soften it up before eating. I may be imagining that but I swear I've seen cooks use it that way.
@millawitt18822 жыл бұрын
As a Danish woman I must say that I am sooo impressed by how good you pronounced “rugbrød”!!👍👍👍 and I love, love your videos -this is such an motivating way to learn history and food culture from the entire world😉 thank you so much🙂🙂🙂👍
@katrichardsonwriter2 жыл бұрын
My husband has now "discovered" your channel. Which I was made aware of one evening while slaving over a manuscript from HELL, when Husbeing said "Hey, you should see this guy... he's making Viking Mead! Oh! and there's one on Posca and Lard!" and I said "Max Miller? The guy you watched me watch make Pumpion Pie? Yeah he's cool. Watch the one about Conditum...."
@opheliaronin2 жыл бұрын
Why do you not have an hour-long show on the discovery channel? You’re amazing! One of my favorite cooking shows ever! I just cannot believe that some channel has not scooped you up. ❤️
@cazadoo3392 жыл бұрын
Quality over quantity 😃
@qjames00772 жыл бұрын
What he's doing right now is better than Discovery channel. Anyone that has a program on a corporate sponsored distribution network is going to have to compromise their artistic integrity by covering topics the channel will want covered, or meddling with Max's creative process. What he's doing right now is perfect for him. Over the next couple decades, and mark my words sir, television as we know it will spiral into a pit of obsolescence
@darrianweathington19232 жыл бұрын
because if he was on discovery channel it would turn into a ghost hunt show or something
@patrickhill84942 жыл бұрын
He has guest-starred on the History channel's version which is hosted by Sohla who used to be at BA.
@eMbry00s2 жыл бұрын
i can't imagine how shitty this would be with hyper-masculine american narrators going on about how dangerously hot volcanoes are when all I want is exactly what Max is already providing us with
@frograna22 жыл бұрын
Max pronunciation of other languages makes me think he's actually a linguist with how accurate it always sounds...
@lotter4390 Жыл бұрын
he didnt pronounce brauð correctly if I recall my study in icelandic correctly. 'au' always makes somewhat of an 'oi' sound, its kinda hard to describe in English but he pronounced it more like 'bröð". Still a wonderful video :))
@Xylophytae Жыл бұрын
@@lotter4390yeah it was much closer to the danish "Rugbrød" Except for the harsh front-roll of the Rs
@jgkitarel Жыл бұрын
He isn't, but he talks to those who speak them or a related language that is close to the parent language. Icelandic is extremely close to Old Norse, being directly descended from it and without the centuries of linguistic drift and melding with other languages that the other Nordic languages have. A native speaker of Icelandic could understand Old Norse with the same capability that a Native English speaker today would be able to understand Early Modern English.
@Lauren.E.O2 жыл бұрын
“Nearly foolproof” You underestimate my power. I don’t know how or why, but bread never turns out right when I’m the one making it.
@akulsinator76802 жыл бұрын
I’m never able to get a good crust
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
🤣 I believe in you
@starsgears92002 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." Good old Doug Adams.
@wrentherainfalls29252 жыл бұрын
Don’t give up!! I just couldn’t cook rice properly for years. It didn’t matter what recipe/method I tried it didn’t work. It just felt like I was cursed to never be able to cook my favourite carb, but In the end I was able to figure out what was going wrong, and now I know all the tricks on how to fix it when does go wrong!
@jaspervanheycop97222 жыл бұрын
If you're looking for a way to get through the rest of your dried fish, use it in stews or poach it with dairy (usually milk). That is how other dried fishes (like bacalao) are used throughout the world. Also great for stocks (like the bonito in Japanese dashi), since it's an umami bomb.
@pontusf94272 жыл бұрын
In Sweden, Norway and Finland we soak it in lye for a few days.
@Piggelgesicht2 жыл бұрын
Oh my!!! I was wondering what use he could make of the rest of the bag - other than cat treats of course and I hope they will profit mightily from that purchase.
@genghiskhan68092 жыл бұрын
I wonder what would happen if he fried it like Filipino bulad.
@ZipplyZane2 жыл бұрын
@@pontusf9427 What does that do to it? Soften it and make it easier to eat (once you rinse all the lie of very well)? I know lye does that to other foods.
@borjesvensson86612 жыл бұрын
@@ZipplyZane It basicly makes it into the fluffiest and blandest food possible (if a bit slimey and lye-tastig) perfect after a winter Surviving on rancid dried and salted foods. Ofputting to anyone else. Served boiled with sause bechamel, green peas and potatoes in sweden and peamush, melted butter and bacon bits in norway. I actually prefer the norwegian way but would prefer any other fish dish over it. My grandpa on the other hand loves it and dont try to stand between the older generation and the lutfisk at a christmas dinner if you want to survive!😄
@theuser8102 жыл бұрын
I like how these sagas make buying fish seem like a legendary quest
@slwrabbits Жыл бұрын
if it takes seven horses to carry it all, I'd argue it qualifies as a quest
@JamesAlex882 жыл бұрын
I tried the fermented shark when I went to Iceland, it’s smells of ammonia and I remember it being more palatable than the Icelandic Schnapps it was served with. I distinctly remember having a shower the following day, the heat from the hot water seemed to have excreted the ammonia smell, through my breath/ pores as I could smell/ taste it again.
@SangosEvilTwin2 жыл бұрын
oh yeah, the hot water there is generally sulfurous due to being geothermally heated.
@aitor.online2 жыл бұрын
as the other guy pointed out the smell wasnt coming from you but rather the geothermally heated water. Funny story, the first time my mom went to iceland she was scared that she would smell like that once she got out of the shower (this of course didnt happen) because she had never experienced the shower smelling weird
@lydiathornton19992 жыл бұрын
yeah, my husband and I tried hakarl on our honeymoon in Iceland and it was...fine? Like, not something I'd choose to eat again but it just wasn't that bad. We were a little disappointed! I asked the waiter if this stuff was milder than it usually is and he said it was pretty standard. At which point I said that I didn't see what all the fuss about it being so horrible was all about and he shrugged and said he agreed. lol The smelly shower water was a bigger surprise, especially once we got out of Reykjavik. Oof! Well worth it though.
@ceylonmorphe89902 жыл бұрын
I had a few friends try it too and they said it taste like ammonia
@livbirka4032 жыл бұрын
Rúgbrauð! So happy you are making this! An fyi, I use an empty milk carton and steam it in a crock pot set to high. This mimic the the steam from a volcano. Not the same as a real volcano but it comes out very similar, and retains much moisture
@lisaclark3612 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if a crock pot would work, thank you!
@livbirka4032 жыл бұрын
@@lisaclark361 yes it works great, just remember to check and add more boiled water when it starts to get low. I wrap the whole carton in aluminum foil as well so the carton will not get soggy. It will take a long time to steam, probably about 5-6 hours depending on the size of your container. Happy baking , you will love this bread it’s delicious!
@UK_Canuck2 жыл бұрын
With no Dutch oven, is already been thinking of using my slow cooker because I have no worries about leaving it on overnight. I was just going to ask about what setting to use but now I don't have to. Thanks, Liv!
@lisaclark3612 жыл бұрын
@@livbirka403 thank you so much! I'm fascinated with Iceland:)
@daenas2 жыл бұрын
I bet an Instant Pot would work great as I make my Christmas pudding in it and it turns out wonderful.
@trottel31712 жыл бұрын
Nothing can beat the combination of freshly baked bread with butter on top. It feels like a warm hug, especially with some red wine.
@KiddyAmunda2 жыл бұрын
What is missing from your list of foods from Þorrablót is Hangikjöt with uppstúf. This is the quintessential Icelandic traditional food that is missing from all the Icelandic food lists because it is not "weird" or shocking. It is smoked lamb that is usually boiled and served either hot or cold in slices, traditionally with potatoes in béchamel sauce and green peas, or in thin slices on bread such as flatkaka or rúgbrauð or laufabrauð. I recommend that you try that for a good taste of Iceland.
@estelleburgel18612 жыл бұрын
Max Miller, you are amazing! Excellent pronunciation for a first-timer, obviously you have a knack for languages. Since you have your icelandic butter and rúgbrauð, try boiling white fish and potatoes, mash them together with butter and eat the whole thing with rúgbrauð. .
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Definitely a tricky language. The bread and butter were finished off a couple weeks ago 😁
@TheMcgreary2 жыл бұрын
Man i haven't had some fish potato and butter since we emigrated from Iceland over a decade ago and now I'm feeling so homesick 😂
@estelleburgel18612 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory 🥰 And did you have any Þrumur? I have been addicted to salted butter my whole life, so I completely understand. Have you ever tried the one from Bretagne, with the salt flakes in it. My mother being half bretonne, it was the only butter on the table 😋
@estelleburgel18612 жыл бұрын
@@TheMcgreary It is such a staple, it´s comfort food. My all time favorite is to actually eat it with onion butter and rutabagas along the potatoes and rúgbrauð.
@Sindrijo2 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory You must try 'plokkfiskur' / 'plukkfisk', it's essentially just cod, potatoes, onions and butter. When you serve, crack some black pepper on top. It's almost like a fish/potato porridge. In Iceland we enjoy it buttered rúgbrauð on the side. Oh no, now I'm hungry!
@bouldergirl5282 жыл бұрын
My late husband would've called that dried fish a butter delivery device 🤣 Thanks for another great episode! ~ Carrie
@sagarunarsdottir2328 Жыл бұрын
That is how we eat dried fish 😎
@bjornodin11 ай бұрын
And he would have been right on the money! ❤ In this particular food pairing, you could also think of the butter as a "protein lubricant" 😁
@infowarriorone2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting stuff. Jared Rydelek (Weird Explorer) just uploaded a series of videos on Icelandic geothermal energy, including one where he bakes this bread. Thanks Max for all your great videos, they are binge-worthy and your fan base is wonderful. Kudos to Jose too, hopefully there's more Ketchups to come.
@annbrookens9452 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've been missing Ketchup!
@thedoors13882 жыл бұрын
Poor Jared. He actually went to Iceland, toured the country, visited the volcanos, ate this bread, etc. and put out a six-part series on those interesting things. But, he later had to put out a video saying that KZbin was penalizing his channel because his Iceland videos have not gotten that many views compared to his regular fruit tasting videos. I usually like Max Miller's videos, but on this one it just seems he is sitting in his Burbank apartment and jumping onto something done by a more adventurous KZbinr. Watch this video everyone, then go watch Jared's series.
@Grimm-Gaming2 жыл бұрын
I love weird explorer..he got me to grow some unique fruit
@paulamccarthy95112 жыл бұрын
I’ve been enjoying Weird Explorer’s Icelandic series on the geothermal/greenhouse Bananas ❄️🍌
@brucetidwell77152 жыл бұрын
Another vote for more Ketchups!
@annbrookens9452 жыл бұрын
Max, your language pronunciation skills get quite the workout! I appreciate your dedication to tracking down experts to guide you in correctly pronouncing these names and terms! By the way: hard tack! Thank you, Jose, for including our favorite clip!
@eledatowle71282 жыл бұрын
Even better, turn on the closed captioning - Jose sometimes adds a bit of "flavor" to those, like when Max is trying to eat the fish jerky, and in the cc, it says {struggling} LOL
@thelarisa2 жыл бұрын
"This was put together as a Fear Factor test." Meanwhile my Latvian family often has many version of these foods in our fridge at any given time LOL
@thessie2 жыл бұрын
:O What are the foods like?
@srvntlilly2 жыл бұрын
Sheep's head and pickle ram testicles? Shudder. I'm not making fun of it, just makes some of the more bizarre Eastern European food my mother made taste like 5 star restaurant food.
@StormCrownSr2 жыл бұрын
@@srvntlilly sheeps head is really only scary in the looks department. The flavour is wonderful, I need mashed potatoes with mine to complete the dish.
@srvntlilly2 жыл бұрын
@@StormCrownSr Do you eat the pickled ram testicles, too? 😖
@SurmaSampo Жыл бұрын
The anglos are certainly squeamish for a people that love eating intestines so much.
@catherinebarteldt2962 жыл бұрын
NOW I understand a "honey in the lion" literary reference from a Hannibal Lecter book! Thanks Max!
@gailsears29132 жыл бұрын
Watching Max eat the fish jerky reminded me of Chevy Chase eating the overcooked Christmas turkey in "Christmas Vacation" lol. Bread and butter sounds wonderful. Thanks Max!
@KSbloxx Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen the hartfiskur pounded with a mallet and then rehydrated and baked. Actually turns back into flakey yummy fish! I wouldn’t eat it hard like that!
@splendidcolors Жыл бұрын
Kinda like bacalhao?
@panzermacher Жыл бұрын
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@heroknite898 Жыл бұрын
yeah I was like 'dude if it's eaten with butter they prolly Bake it a little to let the butter seep in and rehydrate it a little That would be incredible I bet
@AlchemicKitten Жыл бұрын
I know some people who eats stock fish (tørrfisk) as dry snacks. It’s not uncommon in some parts of Norway.
@litleguy123 Жыл бұрын
It sounds like you’re referring to stockfish which is indeed dried, however it is not the same produce. Stockfish is generally very tough and dry and needs preparation like you mention. Hardfish can be bought crispy, brittle, almost soft, quite tough or even as bite sized snack pieces and it’s simply served like in the video, no preparation or cooking needed. Your comment made me ponder if one would be able to rehydrate hardfish in a similar manner to stockfish, but I doubt it.
@Lauren.E.O2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how volcanic activity in one location can have such an impact on the rest of the world. Very dangerous.
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
Seriously. Just like Krakatoa.
@marissa469342 жыл бұрын
Imagine the ecological impact if/when the super volcano at Yellowstone National Park pops it's top 🌋
@buildinasentry10462 жыл бұрын
@@marissa46934 well all you guys in the US/CAN/Mexico will be toast, and the rest of us will probably suffer some terrible conditions. Here’s hoping it sleeps for many more years lol
@GaldirEonai2 жыл бұрын
Look up the "Year without summer" sometime. Let's just say Laki was still one of the smaller ones.
@vlmellody512 жыл бұрын
@@marissa46934 as it turns out, we no longer need to worry about it. It has been determined that the magma core has moved itself under the Rocky Mountains, making an eruption very nearly impossible.
@drewharrison64332 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Jose for the captions. Honestly the best captions of any KZbin channel I've seen. Great job! Thank you so much, Jose.
@KetchupwithMaxandJose2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😁
@FreterP2 жыл бұрын
Pumpernickel is made in a similar way (although we use ovens in Germany), the low temperature and long cooking times speed up enzymatic processes which give the bread its signature taste and dark color.
@ArchmageIlmryn2 жыл бұрын
If the Icelandic tradition is anything like the Swedish one, Brennivín is probably supposed to be taken more like a shot. In Sweden, you traditionally have "snaps" (of which Akvavit, which the Brennivín is a type of is a type) with many holiday meals, and what you will typically do is pause the meal, everyone sings a "snapsvisa" (drinking song) and then downs their glass of snaps. (And speaking of snaps, if you want a real...experience you should try getting ahold of some Besk (Beska Droppar or Piraten Besk are the common brands here, although there is one produced in Chicago called Jeppson's Malört.)
@thabarnar2 жыл бұрын
You're right. Brennivín is supposed to be taken as a shot, cooled ice cold as mentioned in the video. We usually drink it during the 23th of December when we eat Skada and Hákarl as a side dish, at least that's what my family does haha.
@Goldenkitten12 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest I've never understood the fascination some people have with "pure" (read: stupid strong) liquors. Like I get that a lot of it much like this case comes down to tradition but uh, guys, we can leave some traditions behind. I mean don't get me wrong I'm not talking alcohol content so much as how it goes down. Well...sorta, up to about 75% you can still get some taste even if it's going to be predominately alcoholic but I've never had anything over that, that wasn't basically just downing ethanol (and indeed, some cheap liquors are that way even at low percentages) and I just don't get the draw. I mean what? You're trying to prove something? You enjoy not feeling your taste-buds for the next 48-hours? I don't know it's always been confusing to me since if the intention is to get drunk anything over 50% is gonna get you there pretty quick regardless and you don't have to sacrifice taste in the process.
@Goldenkitten12 жыл бұрын
@@gwennorthcutt421 I've heard that but for instance my hard liquor of choice is a good peanut butter whiskey (don't knock it till you try it, Rams Head is dirt cheap just to try, Skatterbrain for something actually enjoyable, Arrogant Bastard if I'm celebrating) or sometimes a brown sugar bourbon. Despite the names neither is particularly sweet (I'm sure there's SOME brand that is but I don't know them) but they do have notes of what they get their names from, peanut butter in particular. And while no hard liquor is going to be good for swishing around like a wine drinker I'd still lose those subtle notes if it didn't at least touch my tongue on the way down. I mean we've all done shots of super hard liquor that is basically just that at some point but I never found it particularly enjoyable. Even if I'm not downing a favorite I'm still going to pick a straight whiskey 9/10 and even those that aren't tinted with any flavor (for lords sake I remember the days when Southern Comfort was the only thing I could get) I would still prefer to get some texture and flavor. Guess I'm weird. Edit: And yes I know clear liquors are a bit different I was just using something I'm familiar with as an example of a drink you would lose the actual experience of if you just tossed it down the throat.
@Goldenkitten12 жыл бұрын
@@gwennorthcutt421 No I get it from a purely technical standpoint, like it makes sense. And just used brown liquors as they're what I'm most familiar with since I rarely drink clear liquors outside of bars with friends it would have been disingenuous to insinuate I fully understood them. And so yeah I get it, I just don't "get it" if you... get me. Like, I'm not a wine drinker but when they describe how they taste flavors I can follow the same procedure and experience the same thing they do even if I'm not loving it. But when I throw back vodka (I've had a few clears but vodkas the only one I would consider myself truly familiar with) I can't ever remember inhaling after gulping and thinking "hey, there's some violet!". But still what you say makes sense, people have all sorts of different ways of experiencing things.
@dereinzigwahreRichi2 жыл бұрын
So you also drink Schnaps in Sweden? That's nice to know! :-) But why is Akvavit (or Aquavit, water of life here in Germany) supposed a Brennivin, a Brandy, made from wine or the "waste" of its production (like Grappa)? Isn't this stuff made out of wheat or rye, much like a vodka, and later infused with carroway seeds? Or is Brennivin a general term for strong alcoholic beverages like "liquor" is in the US?
@RaspK2 жыл бұрын
I was fairly certain and just looked it up to verify: yep, "brennivín" is literally a cognate of "brandy" - basically "burning wine," because the very first spirits across Europe were based on wines and this plus the monastic practice of distillation is pretty much where most European names for spirits come from (aquavit and akvavit are variants of aqua vitae, which also gave us whiskey), with the exception of "spirits" and the like which is more deeply rooted in the Greek mastery of distillation from the Egyptians.
@sudazima2 жыл бұрын
all brandy/brennivin sounding names come from the german/dutch word brandewijn, which as you say means burning wine. this got messed up when the english tried to pronounce it.
@skyworm80062 жыл бұрын
@@sudazima No brandy is just the shortened form of brandywine (brandewijn).
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
Similar story with "whiskey"; the word is etymologically synonymous with "aquavit" and "vodka", all being shortened terms for "water (of life)", with the Germanic and Slavic terms for "burned wine" being also used in many of the same places... When it comes to "National liquors", the preferred terms seem to be haphazard, since the French use the German word, and the Swedes use the Latin word, and the English use the Gaelic word, etc... but it makes sense when you study the history.
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
One question, my Greek cousin; what is the story of the words ούζο and μεταχα?
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
@@sudazima lol, do you think "The English" ever cared about trying to pronounce it? They knew damn well how it was pronounced, but since they are English, they pronounced it in their own way. Don't act like they "tried" and somehow failed because they didn't try hard enough.
@FlorenceB12 Жыл бұрын
50 points to Max for pronouncing those names!
@sindrimarsmarason2162 жыл бұрын
Dude you are very well educated and respectful of icelandic traditions.. also very brave.. Thank you 🙏
@k8g8s82 жыл бұрын
As an icelandic person I was afraid of watching this video. The way people say icelandic words often kills me, thankfully you said it well enough that it didn't make me want to turn the video off. Good job. The history of the volcano is also really fun, I knew about it but- good for more people to know.
@gudnisnaer81712 жыл бұрын
það er alltaf gamann að horfa á útlendinga slátra tungumálinu
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely one of the more difficult languages I’ve tried. Especially the word Snæfellsnes
@k8g8s82 жыл бұрын
@@gudnisnaer8171 Já, það getur verið fyndið eða erfitt. Bara eftir skapi. Sérstaklega þegar það er borið framm nær sænsku eða norsku. Hann gerir það samt vel. Í einu video sem ég horfði á frá öðrum sagði einn berserk gangur eins og "berserker gang" "like a street gang?" Mjúki ameríski framburðurinn er ekki nógu góður fyrir sögurnar.
@k8g8s82 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory also fun fact I'm sure you heard but brennivín means "burning wine"
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
@@k8g8s8 Or, to use the common modern English term, "brandy".
@dinacox19902 жыл бұрын
I just read your Wikipedia page. Interesting and wonderful story. You essentially made up the profession that you were born to do. Reminds me of the amazing fit between Robert Osborn and Turner Classic Movies. And as was that case we all get to share in the results. Thank you!
@caiojusten2 жыл бұрын
Man i love Tasting History so much,one of the best channels on KZbin
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😁
@apeman92382 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory i do not regret subscribing to you!
@Piggelgesicht2 жыл бұрын
How right you are! It's such a happy channel :)
@lindseyfox33962 жыл бұрын
I live about 45 minutes away from anything worthwhile and this is what I listen to driving from point a to point b😁
@solveigw2 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian it was very interesting to see that some of the dishes served at Thorablot are similar to old dishes here in Norway. We call that particular cuisine "Husmannskost", roughly translated to tenant farmers food. And even though it originally was food for the poor, it now is served in fine restaurants and has had a renaissance here in Norway as well. Hardfiskur we call "tørrfisk" = dry fish, and was (and still is) a large export from Norway in the Middle Ages. The sheeps head - we call it "Smalahove", is still a popular autumn dish in some regions, especially to serve to tourists ;) Brennivin, or akevit, is also an important liquor here, and is traditionally served with our (much milder) version of the hákarl, "rakfisk" around Christmas time, or mid-winter.
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
Smalahove is more of a south-western (you southerners probably just say "western") Norwegian dish; here in the north, most of our traditional "dinner" dishes are fish-based. Akevitt (which current wisdom - unlike that of a few decades ago - says should _not_ be freezing) is a very common complement to lutefisk, served alongside beer/ale. I prefer white wine with my lutefisk, however, since I like neither beer nor brandy.
@c.w.82002 жыл бұрын
The German term is Hausmannskost meaning traditional cuisine, the kind of food that people made at home a hundred years ago. Lots of meat and dumplings...
@dereinzigwahreRichi2 жыл бұрын
@@c.w.8200 Yes, that's what's usually served in restaurants advertising with Hausmannskost but to the average people of the generation of our grandparents when they were young this was more of a Sunday meal, the rest of the week it was leftovers, stews and other simpler dishes with less prep time. Like the rest of the dumplings, sliced and fried with some eggs, which is delicious in itself. :-)
@igor_kossov2 жыл бұрын
I was served a boiled sheep's heard in Libya, when I was there as a journalist in 2011.
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
@@c.w.8200 The literal meaning of the Norwegian word is “tenant farmer food”
@singerredeye66392 жыл бұрын
Growing up in New England region it is very common to see Boston brown bread that is steamed in a can. The recipe is very similar. There is the addition of cornmeal and the substitution of molasses and sour or buttermilk. There is also a version that includes raisins.
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
Max is every bit as entertaining and informative as David Rosengarten ("Taste") and Alton Brown ("Good Eats"), two of my favorite hosts/shows from the better days of the Food/cooking channel CableTV days... The best part is, no one has done history+food in the same way as Max... What a gold mine for him, I hope!
@vernmorris88982 жыл бұрын
Yes. Max is probably the most entertaining and informative cooking program host currently in the business. I used to enjoy the food Network until it became the Food Competition Network. Don't get me wrong a cook-off can make for a fun and entertaining program but by necessity there is no time to teach either the history of a dish nor the cooking techniques involved in its creation. I much prefer an educational sort of program like Max is doing here. If this had been on the Food Network back in the day this would have been the top rated program.
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
@@vernmorris8898 yes! What you said; yes! You're in my brain, lol
@giuseppelogiurato57182 жыл бұрын
I say, "Max, if you can make a million dollars doing this, keep doing it."
@carolynallisee24632 жыл бұрын
I suggest you save your money and go to Iceland: it's worth it! I went there in 2008, and want to go back. Given that they ( the Icelandic folk) eat a range of foods not eaten elsewhere You could turn the trip into a Tasting History Special!
@TastingHistory2 жыл бұрын
It’s very high on my list. It looks so beautiful.
@Piggelgesicht2 жыл бұрын
Oh Carolyn, what a great idea! Have a travel/ancient food journey all around the world
@hanstun12 жыл бұрын
@@TastingHistory Iceland Air have good rates to Europe and you can take a 3 day break in Iceland for free in case you are thinking of going anywhere else in Europe. It is how most Swedes visit Iceland, on the way to NYC. :) Brennivin/brannvin btw is generic term all over Scandinavia that simply means booze, mostly of a native sort. It used to be low quality, a bit like moonshine, but is gaining in both quality and popularity.
@JT-yd4up2 жыл бұрын
"On The Road With Tasting History." I'd watch it!
@Maniacpoodle2 жыл бұрын
I made this bread for Midsommar here in Sweden last week, and it was a huge hit with everyone! Really simple to make, and absolutely delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
@bjarnivalur63302 жыл бұрын
My father once brought some harðfisk with him on an airplane (before restrictions were as harsh as they are now), He got asked by a flight attendants to please put it away because some of the other passengers became sick because of the smell. I do recommend trying the svið and sviðasulta, it may look gross but it tastes pretty good, especially the tung.
@verenakremer67482 жыл бұрын
He's just showing the typical US angst regarding organ meat and blood, they all seem to think it'll hurt them
@stargirl76462 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh what a horrid snack to take on a plane lol! I probably would have gotta nauseous too haha 😅
@evathordis2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! Being an Icelandic Folklorist I would say you did pretty well on almost all fronts (history, baking and tasting). What is missing is the 20th century history as the modern Þorrablót was revived in the 1960s and the story about it is pretty fantastic :) Your naled the pronunciation, but I recommend eating some more Harðfiskur, it will grow on you I promise, if not give it to cats... They will go ballistic for it :D
@hedgehog3180 Жыл бұрын
Rye bread is a staple food in all of the Nordics not just Iceland. It's especially popular in Denmark and Finland and is usually eaten for lunch with basically whatever you want on top of it but at least in Denmark liver paté is the most common topping. Usually seeds are also added to make it more tasty. In Denmark it's also used for smørrebrød which is like a really complex open sandwich and is a fairly common lunch food for events like business meetings or family gatherings. It's generally popular because it's very filling, healthy and easy to make, while also not sitting very heavily in the stomach.
@k.h.6991 Жыл бұрын
Rye bread is a traditional staple all over northern Europe, including the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.
@Uielyave2 жыл бұрын
My father was from Iceland, and we would go there very often when i was a child. I loooved eating the dried fish and black bread with butter. but nothing tops an Icelandic Hotdog!
@thesparkypilot2 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!!! I always look forward to Pylsur when I visit! Unbeatable.
@TinyTeaKettle Жыл бұрын
So true. Been to Reykjavik once during Christmas for a week. We got ourself a hot dog like every day.
@AnnaReed422 жыл бұрын
That hard tack episode is just the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?
@SurrenderNein2 жыл бұрын
Just pulled mine out of the oven. Hearty, sticks to your ribs, and delicious! One slice filled me up completely. And I do mean completely!
@wolfer10002 жыл бұрын
Great episode. Kudos on the pronounciation, Icelandic is NOT the easiest language for non natives to speak. Quick tip. Small pieces of harðfiskur make for GREAT cat treats.
@Vostadues2 жыл бұрын
So they bake bread in volcanic spring... We tend to just cook root vege, eggs, shelled seafood and meat in the volcanic springs in Asia... I think modern day Japanese also like to heat up canned reduced milk or caramel in the volcanic springs as well...
@isachan0o8442 жыл бұрын
I just love when you do nordic recipes since we're all connected through our history and culture. I grew up on rye bread and it's still my favourite type of bread. I would say Finns and Danes have the best rye bread, but I haven't tried Icelandic yet and you seem to like it a lot so I'll definitely try it when I go there
@andriandrason1318 Жыл бұрын
It taste like cake.
@Greytuneify2 жыл бұрын
Rågbröd is such an incredible common bread up here in the Nordics, I never would've thought it would make for a new experience to anyone. Great fun to watch someone react to and experience for the first time something that you've always taken for granted.
@maryanngrayson48622 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Max! You made a very bad day bright. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. The expression on your face when you opened the pack of dried fish was priceless. It's one of my favorite snacks. Having lived in Norway for most of my adult life, I've tried most of the things on your menu. I've drawn the line at sheep's head. When it comes to the Brennivin, the word is used as a catch-all term for strong alcohol. It consists of two parts, Vin, which means wine, and Brenn, which means burn. in other words: a wine that burns on the way down your throat.
@NostraDavid22 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Dutch "brandewijn" (brandy), which used to be a distilled wine, which was 40% alcohol.
@Bouitaz2 жыл бұрын
Burn on the way down is accurate, as I've drunk plenty of Brännvin here in Sweden. I'm surprised Norway, Sweden and Iceland doesn't have closer ties, in modern times. They're still so similar.
@orribirgisson4212 жыл бұрын
Sheep heads are actually a childhood favourite of mine. Lightly roast the outside with an open flame (or a torch) cut in half, scoop the brain out and throw in a big pot and add an unhealthy amount of salt. My great grandfather used to have a saying "þú getur aldrei of saltað svið" or translated you can never over salt sheep's heads.
@maryanngrayson48622 жыл бұрын
@@orribirgisson421 I admire you for that. It's one of the few things I don't have the guts to try. But who knows, I might find the courage one day... 🙂
@MortenHafn2 жыл бұрын
Here in Denmark we call it brændevin. It means the same, but "brænde" (burn) actually refers to the process of distilling. "Hjemmebrændt" means homemade alcohol.
@kay95202 жыл бұрын
When I tell my friends back in the US about this, I tell them that the closest thing "back home" is Boston Brown Bread! This is deliscious with Plokk Fiskur, or a potato/root vegetable and mashed fish stew sort of meal!
@lisamoore68042 жыл бұрын
"We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow..." This song always pops into my head anytime someone talks about anything Scandinavian. I'd definitely give this bread a try.
@aura12982 жыл бұрын
You sound like an Immigrant. 😏
@tobbi112 жыл бұрын
That song is about Iceland and Iceland isn't apart of scandinavia
@Mare_Man2 жыл бұрын
@@tobbi11 geographically, anyway.
@tobbi112 жыл бұрын
@@Mare_Man it's in no way part of Scandinavia, that is Sweden Norway and Denmark
@tokeeriksen24252 жыл бұрын
@@tobbi11 Right, but it is *culturally* Scandinavian, not geographically. It's a Nordic country geographically. You're being pedantic to a degree where you look a bit silly. The song is really just about viking raiders and conquerors in England, not particularly about Iceland despite the mention of hot springs - that's more of a poetic license thing.
@pmsavenger2 жыл бұрын
Aw, Laki! My precious baby. I am literally doing my degree in geology because of Icelandic volcanos, and I am aiming to do my master in Iceland. Apparently others see volcanos and go "oh that's cool" and then leave it at that, I go "I want to be a geologist", and then I proceed to become one. Because chill is boring. But any video about Icelandic volcanos is going to be better than other videos. This one was not an exception. (Yay Laki!)
@FaerieDust2 жыл бұрын
That's a pretty great way to choose a career - find something you want to nerd the heck out on, and find a way to get paid to do it 👍
@SarahSyna2 жыл бұрын
So glad he explained the 'from the strong came sweet' thing. My friends and I noticed it ages ago and had no idea what the hell it was about.
@megara9292 жыл бұрын
PROTIP: I've found that you can also use sugar-beet syrup or molasses and it turns out just as well. Even honey or fig syrup might work, though they'll affect the taste.
@mjamin91242 жыл бұрын
oh shit i bet it would be amazing with honey
@nicks.42762 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm not sure I want to invest in golden syrup for this-or, rather, I want to make it right away and I don't want to wait to order golden syrup!-and was wondering what a good sub might be. Was thinking Karo syrup but molasses sounds like the ticket. It's so good in rye bread anyway.
@bigspur50292 жыл бұрын
@@nicks.4276 I was able to find the golden syrup at World Market, so if you have one near you it might be worth a check.
@Keeperoffyre2 жыл бұрын
another great episode in the books! this bread looks interesting and yummy! also, love how we're still keeping the hard tack jokes going. they will never get old...much like hard tack.
@andersrabenhansen50172 жыл бұрын
Rugbrød is so common here in Denmark that you literally can't walk into any supermarket without encountering it. I ate it as a child (I'm 43 years old) and I ate it as late as January (just got tired of it and changed diet to some Italian food). Rugbrød is an excellent source of proteins, very healthy, and you can use a ton of various condiments on it. There is even a whole thing called "smørrebrød" that has a lot of things on it, for example "dyrlægens natmad".
@absalomdraconis2 жыл бұрын
Just for reference, those "cardboard" milk containers that you were concerned about using are actually heated to high temperatures during the packaging process already- it's not quite identical to canning things in glass jars, but it's reasonably close. So, it _likely_ is safe to do this with them _everywhere_ that is safe to drink things from them in the first place.
@AkumaDaste2 жыл бұрын
I was surprised to see that we didn't get a Chinese new year dedicated video, then I remembered that we had one last year. Time really flies these days, thanks for making Tuesdays fun!
@rejoyce3182 жыл бұрын
The lunar year is young!
@adrianaslund86052 жыл бұрын
Norwegian dried cod was exported all over europe in the middle ages. Sometimes nicknamed the "White Gold". Its part of portugese cuisine for example. There is a dish called Bacalhau a Bras made with norwegian dried cod. Its pretty good. Its like a fish and potato hash. Edit: there is a delicious Nordic recipe with cod, diced or mashed potatoes, horseradish, melted salted butter mixed with a boiled egg scrambled to pieces on top. Often served with peas. The horseradish is really what makes it taste kind of exotic. And melted butter and potatoes are always good together. It can have Dill on it too. Nordics somehow like Dill. Its not a common spice in most places.
@magnusgranskau74878 ай бұрын
in portugal they have their own saws in the supermarkeds for cutting the dried fish. and dill is a must with every seafood, and lemon juice
@natmorse-noland91332 жыл бұрын
I tried hákarl several years back - one of my DnD friends brought a little tin back from her vacation in Iceland. We instituted a rule that anyone who rolled a 1 during our game had to eat a piece - but they had to go out to the balcony to do it so they wouldn't stink up the apartment. 😂
@acephantom9032 жыл бұрын
I had it in Iceland. A couple locals told me about it and said I should try it. When they were explaining it to me they were explaining that the shark is poisonous normally and had to be cured. "We call it 'purified' shark. It is wonderful, but it is hard to get accustomed to the taste." So I tried it-- I have almost no sense of smell so the smell wouldn't deter me. I was enjoying it at first but then there was a slow creeping feeling of "Something isn't right..." Afterwards it occurred to me that they might have been saying "putrefied" and not "purified". lol They were stressing the word "purified" a lot as if I wasn't understanding. lol
@vickierayhill46372 жыл бұрын
We took a family trip there 3 years ago, and just the other day, I was reminiscing about this bread. Every morning my Dad and I would have a slab or 2 of this with a thick shmear of butter, and it was fabulous. Just grabbed it from the grocery store so I couldn't remember if it had a brand name. All the food was phenomenal there! So fresh and rich. Except the fermented shark, that stuff was heinous. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, I am so happy!
@milozimben Жыл бұрын
I visited Iceland in 2012 and to this day it might be one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever seen.
@user-ly9wr8wj5s7 ай бұрын
What's gorgeous about it? That doesn't come off in the pictures I've seen. It just looks like rocks occasionally interrupted by grass.
@Schlottathjotta2 жыл бұрын
I love this episode as a Swedish native, since I recognize a lot of the dishes as the Nordic/Scandinavian "Husmanskost" and things we eat and drink at Easter, Midsummer and Crayfish celebrations. Thank you for a lovely and informative episode!
@ulvur2 жыл бұрын
crayfish fiesta sounds soooo goood.. wish it was a common food here :/
@HeadhuntexGamer2 жыл бұрын
There are not natives in Sweden, everyone came from Africa so... what you said makes no sense whatsoever
@Krillekris2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Norway and I really liked how you pronounced the Icelandic words. That was impressive :-)
@Tilnaor Жыл бұрын
By the 2/3 rye and 1/3 wheat it sounds really similar the Lithuanian bread which I really like. Only that has caraway seeds inside too. And if it is as foolproof than it seems I should take a try to make it, becose I really miss that rye-caraway bread that nowhere can be bought out of Northeastern Europe.
@whynotdean89662 жыл бұрын
It's like a cake version of the "rugbrød/rågbröd" found in Sweden/Norway/Denmark. If you want to try that: 50g sourdough 400g rye flour 200g sunflower seeds 40g wheat flour 20g salt 500ml water Let the sour dough starter rise 4-6 hours, mix all the ingredients very well, add to a greased bread form, leave overnight at room temperature, throw in the oven at 180C for about an hour.
@Great_Olaf52 жыл бұрын
Do you have any of those quantities in volume rather than weight? I don't have a kitchen scale, there's so rarely any use for it we just make do without. I'm fine with metric volumes, but mass is just too cumbersome for most home cooking.
@thespankmyfrank2 жыл бұрын
@@Great_Olaf5 Baking is very finicky without a scale. Just saying. It might not turn out the same if you convert it, but I'm sure you can just google conversions from grams to volume, or even better google a recipe that's already measured by volume.
@ragnkja2 жыл бұрын
@@Great_Olaf5 Get yourself a small digital kitchen scale, because it will make baking a lot more reliable, and you'll probably find yourself using it much more often than you think, including for things that have nothing to do with baking. Not sure there's enough pasta left for dinner? Just weigh it! Need to find out how much a parcel weighs so that you can buy the correct amount of postage? No problem! How much wool is left on that skein? All of those are examples of things I've found our kitchen scale useful for.
@AnnaKaunitz2 жыл бұрын
@@Great_Olaf5 Baking is chemistry so you need a metric scale for exact weight. Baking by volume is setting up for failure as the ingredients always vary by volume. Weighing eliminates that. Scales are very cheap these days.
@whynotdean89662 жыл бұрын
@@Great_Olaf5 Sorry, I just copy pasted a Danish recipe and translated it. No one uses volume for solids here. You could look up the densities of each item if you really don't want to buy a scale, which I can understand.
@seopark74672 жыл бұрын
Korea has a similar fish dish that’s dried out in the cold wind, and incorporated into a soup called 북어국! (Bukeoguk) I used to eat it as a snack during road trips and it’s commonly left on graves for deceased family members to consume alongside soju.
@anotherkickintheball2 жыл бұрын
Soju=Korean Whiskey? Wine?
@mikeandnike1232 жыл бұрын
@@anotherkickintheball it's made from primarily rice. It has a neutral flavour like vodka with less harsh alcohol taste and a little sweeter
@Kaiidth-wf6qc2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, bukeo is delicious especially when slightly roasted. Mmmmmm.
@andreasfjellborg18102 жыл бұрын
I think most northern coastal regions have something similar, in Norway they hang the cod in racks on the beaches in the fall to let it dry over the winter. that was their main export commodity before they found oil and started to farm salmon.
@toddtangen67502 жыл бұрын
When I was stationed in Korea I really enjoyed kimbap and dried squid. And, of course, had a soju experience.
@Liliththelizard2 жыл бұрын
Pickled herring and eggs an onion on rúgbrauð is a danish tradition, called smørrebrød. Their rye bread is very different, it is lighter, has a bunch of seeds in and isn't nearly as sweet😊 In iceland rúgbrauð is usually eaten with butter, or maybe butter and cheese, and it's usually eaten as a side with poached/boiled fish
@harlund2 жыл бұрын
When I was studying to be a pastry chef (In Denmark), one of my teachers was Icelandic, and taught us to make Icelandic Rugbrød (as it is spelled in danish), and it was delicious and very sweet, after being baked for 24 hours… Danish rugbrød is more bitter, has a lot of whole kernels and has much more of the sour dough that we make it with… 😊
@thespankmyfrank2 жыл бұрын
Haha and we learnt how to make Danish rågbröd in Sweden when I was studying to become a pastry chef here. Funny how that works!
@harlund2 жыл бұрын
@@thespankmyfrank did you like it then? 😊 to me swedish bread is very sweet, I love Äntligen though 😄
@MrSuperJensen2 жыл бұрын
Danish rugbrød can be made with, or without whole kernels. The Icelantic version looks a bit like what we here in Denmark call Honningkage.
@ruiimellow2 жыл бұрын
Been living in iceland for 12 years, I love this guy sm for exploring it's culture, it's absolutely bonkers
@narmoture2 жыл бұрын
that type of brown bread (although maybe not cooked in volcanic hotsprings) is very common in all of Scandinavia, and so is brännvin (swedish). It's not only flavoured with caraway seeds, but all sorts of herbs, specifically old medicinal ones, as this kind of liquor (like in most places) was used as medicine in the olden days. One of my favourites is the one with wormwood.
@ohariana31502 жыл бұрын
Volcano bread is the most fire bread name ever 🔥🌋🍞
@justsomeguy32672 жыл бұрын
It's just called rye bread, lol
@eugenio57742 жыл бұрын
hey, you might want to try and make Baccalà Mantecato. it's stockfish, soaked and then beaten up with milk for a very long time until it's super creamy. super popular in Venice
@alicetwain2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking along the same lines. If we could just come up with a little (real) history about it...
@megclark78932 жыл бұрын
Icelandic butter is also just SO good. I actually had quite a lot of good food when I visited (some of the best lamb and Arctic char I’ve ever had) but was particularly blown away by some of the bread and butter I ate, as simple as that is.
@adambarron40152 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the kæstur hákarl. It's made from the Greenland shark, who's flesh is actually toxic. The only two ways to make it safe to eat are to either boil it or ferment it.
@horurbardal64902 жыл бұрын
I approve of the amount of butter you put on your harðfiskur. It was exactly the right amount. You shouldn't have bothered trying to bite off a piece though, just rip off a bite sized piece and pop it in your mouth. My grandmother's recipe uses baking soda instead of (or, technically, in addition to) baking powder, and buttermilk instead of milk.
@mcjohn54202 жыл бұрын
Another great video, with Max's exquisite, careful presentation and well-chosen barware! (I have this theory that haggis exists just to give the brave Scots an excuse to imbibe pots and pots of whiskey. Sounds to me like the people of Iceland may have made the same bargain with hardfiskur and Brennevin.)
@werewolve81102 жыл бұрын
Also have Hardfiskur here but it's more like in "snack size" so if you pound it till its soft(er) and rip it into small pieces it is way more enjoyable to eat. But yeah its pretty smelly but tastes really nice i think. Also it was probbably used like any other dried fish in soups or rehydrated before eating. Cool that i have something here that you tried aswell :)
@Evilnor72 жыл бұрын
My dad bought some of the dried fish in a store when we visited Iceland. The tour guide also mentioned rehydration after my dad failed at eating it in its jerky form 😛